Why stones break better at slow shockwave rates than at fast rates: In vitro study with a research electrohydraulic lithotripter

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 537-541

  Pishchalnikov, Yuri A ^a   McAteer, James A ^a   Williams Jr , James C ^a   Pishchalnikova, Irina V ^a   Vonderhaar, R Jason ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; ENERGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FIBER OPTICS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WAVEFORM;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750620336     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.537     Document Type: Article

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